Joan F. Healy

Joan Frances (Browell) Healy was called to be with our Lord on Monday, September 2. Her lively spirit and loving example will be missed by her twin sister, Delores Kelly of Havertown, Pa. and her six children and spouses: Eileen McNulty and husband Arthur (New Cumberland, Pennsylvania); Julie Slavik and husband Steve (Portland, Oregon); Victoria Thomas and husband Russ (Washington Twp, Michigan); Thomas Healy III and wife Linda (Jenison, Michigan); Joan Lexson and husband Dean (Jenison, Michigan); Marita Boehman and husband Andre (Ann Arbor, Michigan); and 20 grandchildren. Joan was born in Lansdowne, Pa in April, 1922, the daughter of William F. Browell, Sr. and Anna Veronica (Bundschuh) Browell. She was pre-deceased by her parents, a brother, William F. Browell, Jr. and a sister, Mary (Browell) Maxwell. Joan served as a Chief Storekeeper in the US Navy during World War II, after which she attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. and graduated with a Business degree. Joan was married for 43 years to Thomas H. Healy, Jr. who predeceased her in October, 1994. After moving to Michigan, Joan wrote for weekly newspapers in the Detroit area, supported her husband’s law practice and worked at the Dunning-Hough Public Library in Plymouth. She was honored on two occasions to be the Grand Marshall of the Portland, Oregon Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Joan was a resident of Plymouth for 39 years and Canton for 4 years before moving to Jenison, Michigan in 2005 where she lived at the time of her death. Funeral service Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 10:00am with visitation beginning at 9:30am at St. Kenneth Catholic Church 14951 Haggerty Rd, Plymouth. Friends may visit the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home on Friday from 6:00pm – 9:00m with a Rosary service at 7:00pm. Interment Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions in her name are being accepted at Hospice of Michigan, Donation Processing Center, 989 Spaulding Ave SE., Ada, Michigan 49301-3701 (online at www.HOM.org) and by the FRIENDS of the Plymouth District Library 223 South Main Street, Plymouth, Michigan 48170.